The SEGUE K giant survey. II. A catalog of distance determinations for the SEGUE K giants in the Galactic halo

The SEGUE K giant survey. II. A catalog of distance determinations for the SEGUE K giants in the Galactic halo

We present an online catalog of distance determinations for 6036 K giants, most of which are members of the Milky Way's stellar halo. Their medium-resolution spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey/Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration are used to derive metallicities and...

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Main Authors: Xue, Xiang-Xiang (Author), Ma, Zhibo (Author), Rix, Hans-Walter (Author), Morrison, Heather L. (Author), Harding, Paul (Author), Beers, Timothy C. (Author), Ivans, Inese I. (Author), Johnson, Jennifer (Author), Lee, Young Sun (Author), Lucatello, Sara (Author), Rockosi, Constance M. (Author), Sobeck, Jennifer S. (Author), Yanny, Brian (Author), Zhao, Gang (Author), Allende Prieto, Carlos (Author), Jacobson, Heather (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2015-01-12T18:46:50Z.
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